hamilton

In terms of material, Farmhouse isn't bad (if you get rid of Guyute, anyway). But it sounds terrible to listen to, just like Hoist sounds terrible, even though the material's not so bad. Someone has to keep Trey away from the producer's chair.

Okay MarcO, you're excepted.

And Mr. M has an excuse - he likes Rush, so we'll have to let him slide.

Round Room

You are insane, Booche.

I vote Farmhouse.

Hamilton, you voted off Farmhouse over Round Room and Booche [color:"red"]* is the insane one?!?

In difference to my usual trend-bucking ways, I'm saying see ya Siket.

Farmhouse sucks.

So does everyone who voted for the Siket Disc. Why does everyone have such bad taste around here? Why does everyone hate lyrically-based Phish songs that aren't about dancing fucking pigs? And then trash The Siket Disc - an atmospheric, gently-floating gem? And why does anyone give a fuck that it's only 40 minutes long?

[color:"purple"]Now everyone go listen to "Fluffhead" and talk about what a great "song" it is!! Or - better yet - Gamehendge!! Hooray - Tela is my heroine!!

Round Room

You are insane, Booche.

I vote Farmhouse.

If you are like me and have absolutely no will power, try moving to Saudi Arabia or some other fundamentalist Muslim country where alcohol is outlawed. No temptation = no problem.

Happy birthday, Becky!!!

I hope you have a great day, and that I get to see your beaming, smiley face again sometime soon!! :: ::

Cheers!

Brian.

I'll buy anti-groove, I won't except "danceable grooves" as a definition for an enormous genre.

Sorry hammy, I'm a stickler for detail.

***SIGH***

Sorry, I wasn't trying to provide a catch-all definition of "acid-jazz" - I was just pointing out that, as I haven't heard the show secondtube was talking about, his question didn't make any sense (actually, it wouldn't have made sense even if I had heard it - I just would have had a better answer). His re-phrasing of the question, however, did. As Jaimoe pointed out, "free jazz" is probably closer to what secondtube was talking about.

You can have "grooves" and not be an acid-jazz band, but it's hard to be an acid-jazz band without incorporating some element of "groove". Please don't point out that any rhythmic beat is a "groove" and that therefore the presence of a steady beat implies the presence of a groove... I think we know what we're implying when we use "groove" in this particular context.

Also, "except" is spelled "accept". Sorry, but I'm a stickler for details.

When did MMW drop their groove completely, and totally rely on this acid jazz?

Ummmm... since when does "acid jazz" imply a lack of groove? Isn't acid jazz, by definition, jazz with dancey grooves?

If Trey wants to quit, then the band has to break-up. If any other member wanted Phish to disband, then that guy would get replaced.

I agree completely.

But that doesn't change the fact that this particular argument that he is using is illogical.

Dude, I was just informed of the Phish Break-up Pact so I was not being illogical, being a non-Phish disciple.

I didn't mean that you were being illogical... I meant that Trey was being illogical!

If Trey wants to quit, then the band has to break-up. If any other member wanted Phish to disband, then that guy would get replaced.

I agree completely.

But that doesn't change the fact that this particular argument that he is using is illogical.

what about shakti?

Well, maybe John McLaughlin will employ the other band members as covert CIA operatives...

I'm looking forward to Phish's new album and I think they

( Trey ) are doing the right thing in calling it a career... at least calling it a career for now.

It may be a good decision (for any number of reasons), but the statement about being tired of playing some songs is just stupid. Don't wanna play YEM? Don't. It's that simple.

I'm still fairly confused about the preponderance of old material in the post-hiatus Phish career. Wasn't that part of the reason that they took a break the first time? Why was all of the new material so under-played?

Happy birthday, Greg!! ::

"I'd like to revisit that stuff one more time," Anastasio says of the upcoming tour. "But I just can't play that shit anymore. If that makes somebody angry, I'm sorry. I gotta do something new. I cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself.'"

I'm sorry, Trey... is someone forcing you to play the old songs? Playing more new material might piss off some "fans", but if this is about being happy yourself, what does it matter? If you don't wanna play YEM, don't. I don't care. The expectations of the fans should be irrelevant.

Logic is sorely lacking here...

Yeah, but did you see that John McLaughlin Will be the new CIA director? Cool - maybe he'll make everything better with transcendental guitar!!

Saw them once... 14 years ago!

Really good show - highly recommended!

Yup. Says it's for personal reasons, but it's hard to say.

Here's the link to the Washington Post story, but you have to log in to access it (although you can sign up for freee):

Washington Post

I'm sure it couldn't have happened to two more deserving girls.

What she said.

Glad to hear that you two had such a good time!!! ::

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll With the Modern Lovers

The Strokes - Room On Fire

Hey Scottie -

Hope you're having a great birthday - nice to have met you out and about! See ya soon! ::

Tim - are there any rock stars whose birthdays you don't know?

Hey Willy - hope you had a great day yesterday!! ::

Hey Andre - hope you had a good one!! See you at SPAC! ::

Happy big 3-0 Marc!!

Enjoy your big day, and welcome to your Carlsberg years, you beautiful fool! ::

the US should have left Iraq as soon as they removed Hussein. Remaining there, has and will only lead to more and more problems... They have started isolating themselves from the world community. The fact that they received so little support in their war with Iraq, was living proof...

As much as I disagree with the invasion of Iraq, I also have to disagree with this statement. Leaving as soon as Hussein was removed would have created just as many, if not more problems. The current problem isn't that America is in Iraq (we can't go back in time and change it, unfortunately), it's what they are doing and how they are doing it. Having invaded the nation and reduced much of its infrastructure to rubble in the process, the US has an obligation to fix up the very mess they created... it's just that they aren't doing a very good job of it, and are making a bad situation worse in the process.